Comment Re:"a ways" to go? From a veteran editor... (Score 2, Informative) 279
In this case the term 'ways' is used synonymously with 'distance'. This comes from using the word 'way' to mean 'road' as in 'highway'. 'Ways' is then by definition 'a large distance'.
'A ways to go' actually a colloquialism, so I understand your confusion.
'A ways to go' actually a colloquialism, so I understand your confusion.